Ask Frank DaignaultFrank Daignault is recognized as an authority on surf fishing for striped bass. He is the author of six books and hundreds of magazine articles. Frank is a member of the Outdoor Writers of America and lectures throughout the Northeast.

I am an NRA member for the next ten years so you do not have to go there. As my son said sitting across the kitchen table said the NRA are working people that like shooting and hunting, you, me and neighbors up and down the road.

What slightly bothers me with a membership they send you NRA stickers or decals which you never see attached to anything. The same with Make America Great hats.

My dark side says I will creep up on a liberal's car and attach my NRA sticker to their car's bumper.

Frankly ( haha )....I'm amazed that you are so active on here. One day I did not see much action so I thought, well good for Frank, he has the good sense to take a day off. But you eventually showed up. I figured you might have been knee deep in the honeydo list of the day.

I believe the statistic that "half" end in divorce is skewed, since among my friends... the stats are way way below "half".

That says to me that in certain communities or crowds-that-hang-out-together, the stat is way way above "half" in order to achieve the 50% average.

That implies there are things that couples can do *before* and *after* they get married to ensure a higher probability of success.

And when there is something *I* can do about it, it becomes a whole lot less "scary"

Whenever I hear half or one in ten or any percentage of success or failure, I picture a firing squad. Joe, you have 1 chance in ten standing here that it won't be you...I'm sweating it, Joe your odds are about as bad as the lottery winning ticket..not sweating that one. 50 /50 ...nothing about that number makes me feel good when we are talking marriage success. I agree with Frank that picking the right mate is THE most important decision in your life. I must have had good odds because we have been laughing for almost 48 years.

uncle Bob ( Korean War veteran ) walked down the aisle once but was married 3 other times by the local justice of the peace . Wasn't easy man to get along with. When he told family he was getting married again for the 5th time . We ask if this was going to be the last . His reply was " yes " . What made him real sure is that the gal was 30 years younger than he was @ 82 years old.

My wife was 16 when I ruined her life. I promised myself that I would make it up to her as soon as I could. I worked two jobs to pay for putting her through college where she graduated magna-cum-loude. Masters Degree came later. She was later offered the principals job but she told them "I have to fish commercially with my husband." We have been throwing each other lifelines for 61 years.

Yes, it is sinking. I just don't know why. It is a reasonable assumption that the fault is mine. But I have not been told yet what I do wrong. This is my 19th year and all of a sudden I am incapable.

Should I close this down?

The consensus here is that you should not close this down.

Just getting that out there

But strange on the stripersurf.con site, we got a bunch of guys who hang in the "new jersey fishing" forum who won't venture either here to your forum or to other places on the SSC site (other subforums) for whatever reason known only to them.

This happens elsewhere (other fishing web sites) not just here, and for a variety of reasons, explanations of which are above my pay grade.

True, Rob. The market has been good to us. Those dividend checks ...... pennies from heaven.

My wife goes nuts when we get the cards. First shoe, opening the table, blackjacks, double-downs, splits that won. We opened with a $100 each and had 500 within minutes. Might have been the pizza and beer we had before that. It got so good that we were betting $30 at a $15 table. Should have bet a hundred!

I missed posting yesterday to play blackjack at the local casino. While we were making money at the casino ($650) we lost $12,000 on the stock market. Oh well, easy come, easy go.

The Big Boss hit 5 xs 3xs on the same machine in AC Borgada last weekend. Bailed me out again . it?s great to have a lucky partner who splits the winning with you . Went to see America who together 48 years sounded fantastic.